Aredhel

Wow that is a really amazing work!!! Very many nice details and I love the way you did the swords and the tail. All the proportions fit to the whole sculpture! Cannot wait to see your next sculpture!!!

My 2nd entry is related to the town I work in - Cologne. I am not sure how familiar you are with the Cologne carnival, but I just tried to create a "Carni-Turtle" with a flag and flowers (Those flowers are called "Strüssjer" in the Cologne dialect "Kölsch" and are given to the women at the great "Rosenmontagszug" which is a huge parade). More pics at My Flickr

Wow, really well done! The whole scene fits perfectly and the bright colours fit very good to a "happy holiday mood" - *needs holidays - soon*

Hi all! Here comes my entry for this contest. When I saw this turtle topic I first thought about the novels of the discworld by Terry Prachett. So, it's simply called: Great A'Tuin See more at: My Flickr -Aredhel

That's a really amazing MOC! The structure looks really beautiful and I guess it was not easy to fix it to not fall apart only from looking at it Thank you for sharing :wub:

Thank you for your kind words :) it really was fun to take part at this competition and I hope to find some more time to MOC a bit more than I did til now Yeah I know... I ordered some parts at bricklink to those I already had and got those old gray parts... So I had to work with that... Maybe I will change that some day but I have to make a new order for that Thank you very much. Especially from the side view it looks very similar to the real thing...

My bills were correct too...

Now I got time to make some pics - here is the Link to the "review" http://www.eurobrick...showtopic=96015

The distance to river Rhine is only about 250 metres. The historic centre of the city was indeed flooded several times but the last years there was no bigger flood. Here is a pic from the internet http://www.gourmet-blog.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/koeln-dom-und-rhein.jpg

Hi all, after some time I finally found the time to take at least some pictures of my Architecture model of Cologne cathedral. First of all: some facts about it: Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) General information: The Cologne Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church in the centre of Cologne. The construction commenced in 1248. Leaving unfinished, it was halted til 1473. In the 19th century the work started again and the construction was completed, defined on the plans from 1880. Concerning to those plans the Cologne Cathedral measured a length of 144.5 meters and a width of 86.5 meters. This Gothic cathedral is the largest church in Northern Europe. The height of the two spires, which give the largest façade of any church in the world, is registered with 157 meters. It is located 250 meters beneath the River Rhine where the former Roman city boundary was located. Since 1996 the Cologne Cathedral belongs to the UNESCO-cultural heritage. Overview: The front: History: In 1164, the Archbishop of Cologne (Rainald of Dassel) acquired the relics of the Three Kings which the Holy Roman Emperor had taken from the Basilica of Sant’Eustorgio (Milan). Those relics had a great religious significance and because of this there had to be a “proper house” for them. The foundation stone was laid in 1248 by the Archbishop Konrad von Hochstaden. The eastern arm was completed in 1322 and sealed off to the rest of the construction to ensure its use. In the mid 14th century work on the west front commenced, but halted in 1473. The south tower was completed up to the belfry and for the next 400 years, the skyline of Cologne showed a crane at top of the Cathedral. During the 19th century the construction was completed. This was achieved by civic effort and, in 1842, the “Central-Dombauverein” was founded. It raised two-thirds of the costs while the Prussian state supplied the remaining third. It was finished in 1880 resuming to the medieval plans and rediscovered façade plans from 1280. The front of the west side was completed in 1911. With the 19th century romantic enthusiasm for the Middle Ages, and spurred on by the discovery of the original plan for the façade, it was decided, with the commitment of the Protestant Prussian Court, to complete the cathedral. It was achieved by civic effort; the Central-Dombauverein, founded in 1842, raised two-thirds of the enormous costs, while the Prussian state supplied the remaining third. While World War II, the cathedral suffered fourteen hits by bombs. It was not broken completely so the Cologne Cathedral stood very tall to the flattened city. The cathedral was, in later years of the war, used as navigational landmark which may be the reason that it was not destroyed completely while World War II. Repairs of the building were done around 1956. World Heritage Site In 1996, the cathedral was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List of culturally important sites. In 2004 it was placed on the "World Heritage in Danger" list, as the only Western site in danger, due to plans to construct a high-rise building nearby, which would have visually impacted the site. The cathedral was removed from the List of In Danger Sites in 2006, following the authorities' decision to limit the heights of buildings constructed near and around the cathedral. As a World Heritage Site, and with its convenient position on tourist routes, Cologne Cathedral is a major tourist attraction, the visitors including many who travel there as a Christian pilgrimage. Visitors can climb 509 stone steps of the spiral staircase to a viewing platform about 98 m (322 ft) above the ground. The platform gives a scenic view over the Rhine. Minifig in front of the Cathedral/in front of the Burj Khalifa and "the Walker": You can find more pictures here: The background information about the Cologne Cathedral was taken by wikipedia.de / wikipedia.com

Very nice job, thank you for the review! I still need to build mine, but already sorted the parts Maybe on our bank holiday on thursday :wub:

Wow that really are amazing works all of them Thank you for re-opening the thread again, did not see it before!

I think when you are once used to it it's ok but in the beginning I had some problems too... Better than brickshelf though because it's published immediately

I definetely will!

Really liked your model at the EB Event in Billund. You really brought some of those little nice details into the Architecture model very well. Not getting so many votes at the EB contest is not so bad at all. I think all of us liked the models which were made, but we couldn't vote for all Hopefully I will visit the "original" one day! It really looks like a nice place to have a holiday

Very nice review, Fangy! I did not see til now that the names are printed to to torso. That's really cool I will definetely get that set too! The "problems" with the booklet is a bit sad though :scept: No stickers that's a good point! All in all - I think it is much better than the DeLorean!

I don't think so, but maybe others

I have to upload the pics from the last years, I guess we will find a lot more fun pics

Finally I found some time to organize my pics. You can see them at my Flickr: https://www.flickr.c...57644338304909/

I visited the LL parks in Billund, Günzburg, and Windsor for more than once. IMO the weathering is not avoidable, even with cleaning and repairing the models from time to time. The LL Billund is, as legogal said, fitting very good to the flowers and trees around. The models are really fantastic and every time, even when you go there you figure out something new though you already thought you know the display. That the miniland is in the centre of the Legoland parks is well done. You can take a break of waiting at the attractions and place yourself on a bench. Food is really really expensive but that's not only the LL parks but many other amusement parks too. It's always nice to eat something "out of the row" but I prefer to bring my own bit of food and sit under trees than on the terrace of such restaurant where everything is too crowded. For many people another fact is influencing the visit of those parks - the weather The miniland of course is nicer when you walk around in the sun and the trees and flowers around just give you a little feeling of a holiday than walking around in early spring and rainy weather. All in all I live the LL parks not because there are roller coasters or cheap food, I like to see how much life the designers bring to the models and how detailed they manage to create thing to the real castle, town, harbour or airport!

Wow! This is really great work! Such detailed and fantastic work

Wow! That is a really great review! I was tempted to buy that set in Billubd, too that has to wait a bit at last. Thank you for showing the beauty if this set :wub:

I will hopefully find the time to make some pics at the weekend. Will soon get my grey cheese slopes :) Thanks to rolli

Isn't that how kids should be? Showing the enthusiasm adults wanna show but have to keep in secret sometimes

Maybe - yes. Going to bed very early though today